III. After you have read. 3.1. Choose the right variant:

3.1. Choose the right variant:

1. Konstantin Thon was born in the family of a German ….

a) jeweller

b) merchant

c) doctor

2. In 1854 he was appointed … of the architectural division of the academy.

a) dean

b) rector

c) head architect

3. In 1830 Thon completed his most ambitious design … in Moscow.

a) Cathedral of Christ the Saviour

b) St. Basil’s Cathedral

c) Bolshoi Theatre

4. Thon's last important commissions were … in Moscow and Saint Petersburg.

a) the State Historical Museum

b) the Nikolaevsky railway stations

c) the Tretyakov Gallery

5. Thon was employed in construction of the Neo-Russian Grand Kremlin Palace and … in Moscow.

a) the Kremlin Armoury

b) the monument to citizen Minin and Prince Pozharsky

c) the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts

3.2. Make up a sentence of two parts:

1. Konstantin, born in St. Petersburg	1. for the interiors of the Academy building on the Neva embankment.
2. He studied Italian art in Rome from 1819 to 1828	2. that of the Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow.
3. Thon first attracted public attention with his sumptuous design	3. and on his return home was admitted to the academy as its member and professor.
4. In 1830 Thon completed his most ambitious design to date	4. including Sveaborg, Yelets, Tomsk, Rostov-on-Don and Krasnoyarsk.
5. He followed this with dozens of Neo-Russian-Byzantine designs for churches and cathedrals in provincial towns	5. a renewed interest in the work of the Neo-Russian-Byzantine master.
6. The fall of the Soviet rule in 1991 brought about	6. from working on other projects apart from the great cathedral in Moscow.
7. After the death of his patron, the Emperor, Thon's failing health prevented him	7. is situated in the Orel region (Maloarkhangelsk district).
8. St. Nicolas church built in 1896 after the project taken from Thon’s Model Album for Church Designs	8. in the family of a German jeweler.

 

3.3. Substitute the modal verbs for the possible equivalents:

1. The special commission of engineers must test a new device.

2. My friend can play tennis very well.

3. The students may attend the scientific conference.

4. We can’t prepare this report in time.

5. You may take my laptop till tomorrow.

6. She must go to St. Petersburg for several days.

3.4. Insert the modal verbs may or can:

1. The mechanic... repair the brakes tomorrow if no one bothers him any more.

2.... we come and see the head engineer next Monday at four o'clock in the afternoon?

3. What time is it? – It... be about five o'clock, but I am not sure.

4. Only a person who knows the language very well... answer such
a question.

5. Let me look at your diploma project. I... be able to help you.

6. The computer class is quite free, and anyone who likes... work there.

7.... I take your text book on higher mathematics till tomorrow?

8. Take your umbrella with you: it... rain today.

9. Do you think you... draw these diagram?

10. The students … do this test next week.

3.5. Insert the necessary modal verb or its equivalent:

1. I... not go to the cinema with them yesterday, I... to work on my term paper.

2. My friend lives not far from the university and... go by foot.

3. All of us... be in time for classes.

4.... you... to work hard to do well in special subjects?

5. One … know a foreign language.

6. My friend … to make a report at the conference at 10 a.m.

7. Nobody … answer my question.

8. The scientist … to carry on this experiment in the university
laboratory.

9. … you … to start this program at once?

10. You … to visit the doctor as soon as possible.

IV. Grammar Review

4.1. Make up a sentence using the verb in the brackets in the
Passive Voice. Make up general and special questions:

In 1854 K. Thon (to appoint) rector of the architectural division of the academy.

4.2. Give the comparison degrees of the following adjectives:

Great, ambitious, new, old, ugly, many, early, late, good, large, near.

Make up 5 general and 5 special questions to the text.

4.4. Point out the sentences with the Passive Voice.

V. Speaking

5.1. What autobiographical information have you learnt about
K. Thon?

Speak about his early architectural projects.